Eve Babitz was born in Hollywood in 1943 into a bohemian household - her mother was an artist, her father was a classical violinist on contract to 20th Century Fox, and her godfather was the legendary composer Igor Stravinsky. The family moved in illustrious circles and, by the time she was 14, she'd already accumulated enough material to begin a precociously titled memoir, I Wouldn't Raise My Kids in Hollywood .
Although, sadly, these early attempts at...Read more ...